Kindle vs. Torch — What's the Difference?

To build or fuel (a fire).

A torch is a stick with combustible material at one end, which is ignited and used as a light source. Torches have been used throughout history, and are still used in processions, symbolic and religious events, and in juggling entertainment.

To set fire to; ignite.

A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.

To cause to glow; light up

Chiefly British A flashlight.

To arouse (an emotion, for example)

Something that serves to illuminate, enlighten, or guide.

To catch fire; burst into flame.

(Slang) An arsonist.

To become bright; glow.

A portable apparatus that produces a very hot flame by the combustion of gases, used in welding and construction.

To become inflamed.

Longstanding unrequited romantic feelings for a person

To be stirred up; rise.

To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.

To give birth to young. Used especially of rabbits.

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.

A brood or litter, especially of kittens.

(Commonwealth) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.

(transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).

(US) An arsonist.

To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).

A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.

To begin to grow or take hold.

(scifi) A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

To bring forth young; to give birth.

To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).

A group of kittens.

(scifi) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

(of an animal) pregnant

A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

To bring forth young.

A flashlight.

To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.

A light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.

Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.

A small portable battery-powered electric lamp

To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

Catch fire;

Burn maliciously, as by arson;

Cause to start burning;

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);